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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carol Monaghan's behavior is described as what in "Good Neighbors"?

2. In what city do the Berglunds reside in "Good Neighbors"?

3. What causes Patty to fall in "Mistakes Were Made"?

4. What is the name of Walter's hometown?

5. Joey's business involves selling what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the friendship between Eliza and Patty.

2. Who is Blake? What does he do that drives Patty mad?

3. What happens after Patty leaves Eliza for the last time?

4. What is Patty's relationship with her two children like?

5. How do Patty and Richard end up taking a road trip? What happens during that trip?

6. What is The Fiend of Athens, and how do Walter and Patty interpret it?

7. How do the residents of Ramsey Hill view Patty Berglund?

8. What is Connie Monaghan's relationship to the Berglund family?

9. How does Patty's friendship with Eliza end?

10. Who is Walter? How does Patty meet him, and what does she think of him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in the novel all have varying views of freedom. Select three characters and explain their opinions regarding freedom and what their opinions reveal about each character.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the novel's epigraph, which is taken from The Winter's Tale. How does this quote reflect the novel's plot and themes?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the author's choice to tell this story from multiple perspectives. How does the variety of narrative voices affect the plot?

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